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When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
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Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
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xxviii, 283 pages : 24 cm
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"From a pioneer of the regenerative agriculture movement, a memoir-meets-manifesto on betting the farm on a better future for our food, animals, land, local communities, and our climate. Featured in Food and Country, premiering at Sundance 2023. Raised as a fourth-generation farmer, when Will Harris inherited White Oak Pastures he was a full-time commodity cowboy who played hard and fast with every tool the system offered - chemicals, antibiotics,...
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St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
[2016]
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309 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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"The Vegan Way is a book filled with everything Jackie Day has learned as a happy vegan, a health educator, and author of the popular vegan blog, My Vegan Journal. A lifestyle guide that?s a real game-changer, The Vegan Way is for those who are intimidated by going vegan overnight, but don?t want the transition to stretch out for months or even years. In a 21 day plan that emphasizes three core reasons for going vegan?being as healthy as you can be,...
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Plume, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
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vii, 325 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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From Kitten Lady, the professional kitten rescuer, humane educator, animal advocate, and owner of the popular Instagram atkittenxlady comes the definitive book on saving the most vulnerable--and adorable--feline population: newborn kittens.n kittens.
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Criterion collection volume 297
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Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
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1 DVD (95 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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Robert Bresson's masterpiece follows a much-abused donkey, Balthazar, whose life strangely parallels that of his owner, Marie. A beast of burden suffering the sins of man, Balthazar nevertheless nobly accepts his fate.
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Running Press
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[2013]
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201 pages ; 20 cm
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Explores the ways in which animals enrich life and how they can be better protected, sharing the story of the author's loving bond with three dogs while revealing common abuses suffered by many domestic animals in the United States.
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"In eighteenth-century England--where cockfighting and bullbaiting drew large crowds, and the abuse of animals was routine--the idea of animal protection was dismissed as laughably radical. But as pets became more common, human attitudes toward animals evolved. An unconventional duchess defended their intellect in her writings; a gentleman scientist believed that animals should be treated with compassion; and with the concentrated efforts of an eccentric...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
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xxvi, 372 pages ; 24 cm
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A revolutionary new theory and call to action on animal rights, ethics, and law from the renowned philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum. Animals are in trouble all over the world. Whether through the cruelties of the factory meat industry, poaching and game hunting, habitat destruction, or neglect of the companion animals that people purport to love, animals suffer injustice and horrors at our hands every day. The world needs an ethical awakening, a consciousness-raising...
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Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
Pub. Date
c2012
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381 p. ; 23 cm.
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A holistic health counselor and author of the best-selling Creating a Charmed Life shares practical advice for gradually shifting to a vegan lifestyle, providing recommendations for becoming an informed consumer while sharing 40 vegan recipes.
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
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x, 294 pages ; 22 cm
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"From the co-founder and president of PETA, Ingrid Newkirk, and bestselling author Gene Stone comes Animalkind, a book that offers both a tour of the wonderful world of animals and a guide to simple ways in which we can reduce the harm we cause them in our everyday lives"--
14) The ravaged
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"Three different personal quests with eerily parallel outcomes. Jack spent his life amassing wealth, but after losing his family, he has no one to share it with. Alone with his demons and a backpack, he heads to South America. After thrashing his dog-abusing boss, Hunter learns of his father's death in a mysterious fire. Biker buddies Nugget and Itch ride with him from North Carolina to California. Seventeen-year-old Anne flees Tennessee after her...
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HarperOne
Pub. Date
2021.
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273 pages
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"Though increasing numbers of people know that eating meat is detrimental to our own health and the planet's, many still can't be convinced to give up eating meat. But how can we change behavior when common arguments, scientific data, and information aren't working? Acclaimed anthropologist Roanne Van Voorst changes the dialogue. In Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals, she shifts the focus from the present looking forward to the future looking back-imagining...
16) The cove
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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In a sleepy lagoon off the coast of Japan is a highly guarded secret. During the night, Taiji fishermen engage in an unseen hunt for thousands of dolphins. The work is so horrifying, the fishermen will stop at nothing to keep it hidden from the outside world. When a team of elite activists, filmmakers, and free-divers embark on a secret mission to penetrate their cover, the shocking discoveries they find there are just the tip of the iceberg.
17) Shiloh
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Shiloh quartet volume 1
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There's nothing eleven-year-old Marty Preston enjoys more than spending time up in the hills behind his home near Friendly, West Virginia. But this time is different. This time Marty sees a young beagle on the road past the old Shiloh school-house. Marty feels sure the dog is being abused by his owner. When the dog runs away to Marty's house, his parents say he must bring him back. But it hurts Marty to return the runaway dog to his cruel master....
18) Animal farm
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Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (72 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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A group of farm animals successfully revolt against their cruel human owner, only to be enslaved anew by the unscrupulous pig Napolean, whose slogan is "all animals are equal but some animals more equal than others."
19) Fox's garden
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Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 16 x 27 cm.
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"One snowy night, a fox loses its way, entering a village. Chased away by the grown ups, Fox takes shelter in a greenhouse. A little boy sees this from his window. Without hesitating, he brings a basket of food to the greenhouse, where he leaves it for the fox. His gift is noticed and the night becomes a garden of new life, nourished by compassion and kindness. Princesse Camcam's cut-paper illustrations, along with the beautiful lighting of the sets...
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Lucie Hennebelle novels volume 2
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 24 cm
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In this sequel to Syndrome E, Lucie Henebelle and Inspector Sharko have reunited to take on the case of the brutal murder of Eva Louts, a promising graduate student who was killed while working at a primate research center outside Paris. But what first appears to be a vicious animal attack soon proves to be something more sinister. What was Eva secretly researching? Was she tracking three fanatical scientists who control a thirty-thousand-year-old...
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